Thunderbird 78: Do not encrypt subject

How to disable encrypting your outgoing e-mail subjects via OpenPGP in Thunderbird 78

Thunderbird 78 comes with a completely revamped OpenPGP integration. Several features get implemented over the course of time, but might need manual configuration. In this article, I show you how to avoid encrypting your outgoing e-mail subjects via OpenPGP, resulting in “…” in the message overview, which can make it also hard to search for message subjects.

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Thunderbird 78: Do not attach OpenPGP key

How to disable attaching your public OpenPGP key to outgoing messages in Thunderbird 78

Thunderbird 78 comes with a completely revamped OpenPGP integration. Several features get implemented over the course of time, but might need manual configuration. In this article, I show you how to avoid attaching your public OpenPGP key to each encrypted e-mail you send.

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Import von GnuPG-Keys in Thunderbird 78 schlägt fehl

Was du tun kannst, wenn der Import von GnuPG-Keys in Thunderbird 78 fehlschlägt

Thunderbird 78 wartet mit einer direkten GPG-Integration auf, externe Tools wie GnuPG sind dann nicht mehr vonnöten. Eigentlich sollte die Migration bestehender Keys automatisch von der Hand gehen. Klappt das nicht, gibt es einige Tipps, die doch noch zum Erfolg führen können.

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QuickText unter Thunderbird 78

Was du tun kannst, wenn QuickText unter Thunderbird 78 nicht mehr funktioniert

Seit dem Upgrade auf Mozilla Thunderbird 78 funktioniert die beliebte QuickText-Erweiterung bei mir nicht mehr zuverlässig – sie muss nach jedem Neustart des Programms zuerst deaktiviert und dann wieder aktiviert werden. Doch es gibt einen Workaround.

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My GnuPG configuration

An overview of noteworthy GnuPG configuration options, including instructions on having strong ciphers and group encryption

Following my recent blogpost series about Thunderbird, I’d like to show you my GnuPG configuration today. I’m for sure no expert, so feedback on improvements is highly welcome. I run GPGTools on OS X, but this guide should be applicable to all recent versions of GnuPG.

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My Thunderbird configuration: Make it look pretty

How Thunderbird CSS file customizations help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs

For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own configuration set and selection of plugins which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.

In a first posting, I’ve shared my favorite plugins with you, and showed you how to adapt the configuration to your very own needs in a subsequent posting. Today, I’d like to show you how you can improve the program’s appearance by tweaking some Thunderbird CSS files.

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My Thunderbird configuration: Tweaking the Settings

How Thunderbird configuration settings help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs

For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own Thunderbird configuration set and selection of plugins which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.

In a first posting, I’ve shared my favorite plugins with you. In this subsequent posting, I’ll now show you my configuration tweaks.

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My Thunderbird configuration: Add-Ons

How Thunderbird addons and plugins help to enhance and extend the Mozilla e-mail client to adapt it perfectly to your needs

For more than a decade, Thunderbird has been my e-mail client of choice. It provides flexibility and customization via plugins and configuration files that helps me to adapt it specifically to my needs. Over the years, I’ve compiled my very own configuration set and selection of Thunderbird addons which I’m sharing with my fellow readers, hoping that some of these customizations also make your e-mail life easier, especially when you have to deal with a huge amount of messages.

In this first posting, I’ll share my favorite Thunderbird addons with you. In a subsequent posting that follows soon, I’ll show you my configuration tweaks.

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